Small Grants

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs is committed to assisting faculty with research and scholarly activities by providing small grants.

Please Note:

A faculty member may only have one active award at a time without prior approval.

A specific project may be funded by either a Mini Grant, Grant-in-Aid or a Pilot Project Grant. RSP will not fund a specific project through a combination of any of the above grants.

These awards fund approved items in the requested budget for one year only. Any expenditures not in the approved budget will be charged back to the awardee’s department. Any funds remaining after approved items are purchased revert back to RSP.

RSP only approves funding. Please check with Business Services as to whether or not your purchase requires special handling.

These grants are intended to fund:

They are not intended to:

Fund travel to professional venues or during professional leaves (travel during professional leave should be arranged at the time of the professional leave application with the department and college), because RSP provides $500 per year, per tenure and tenure-track faculty to the colleges toward travel expenses.

Fund the purchase of general-purpose equipment (departmental),

Fund the development of textbook, instructional materials, or curriculum, Dissertation work,

Fund the hiring of graduate or undergraduate research assistants.

Supplement externally funded projects.

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Types of Small Grants

No individual may receive over $5,000 in any one fiscal year for any combination
of the following grants.

Reprints, pages charges and publication fees (including peer-reviewed open access journals and monographs) up to $2,200 per publication. No deadline

Reviewed by Research & Sponsored Programs Office

A specific project may be funded by either a Pilot Project, Grant-in-Aid or Mini-Grant, but not by a combination of them. A faculty member may only have one active award at a time without prior approval.

Specialized instrument, software, materials, supplies, or services related to a specific research project

No deadline

Reviewed by Research & Sponsored Programs Office

To Apply:

Read all directions carefully

Indicate the category for which you are applying

Attach:

a detailed description of your project.

a detailed line item budget (including all applicable taxes*) or copy of the invoice.

Two Page Bio Sketch to include:

Professional Preparation
A list of the individual’s undergraduate and graduate education and postdoctoral training as indicated below:
Undergraduate Institution(s) Major Degree & Year
Graduate Institution(s) Major Degree & Year
Postdoctoral Institution(s) Area Inclusive Dates (years)

Appointments
List in reverse chronological order all of your academic/professional appointments beginning with the current appointment.

Publications/Scholarly/Creative Activities
A list of: up to five publications/scholarly/creative activities most closely related to the proposed project; and up to five other significant publications, whether or not related to the proposed project.

To apply for a Mini-Grant, Manuscript Preparation or Publication Support use the Mini Grants Form. Applications are accepted at any time.

* Note: WWU must pay tax on all goods and certain services – we are not tax exempt. Sales tax is 8.7%.

** Faculty may create interdisciplinary mini-grants to a maximum of $3,000.

All research proposals, contracts, agreements and amendments with and/or to external agencies must exit the institution through the RSP after full Pre-Award review and approval of the Vice Provost for Research.